Ares Capital Market Sentiment

Ares Capital Corp

ARCCNASDAQ

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$20.01

-0.01-0.05%

At close: Sep 3, 5:00 PM EST

$20.05

0.040.2%

After Hours: 7:29 PM EST

Dividend: The dividend Ex-Date is in 12 days

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Ares Capital Market Sentiment

Market sentiment signals for Ares Capital (ARCC): analyst consensus, short interest, options flow and insider activity.

Key Signals

Analyst Consensus▲ Buy

Short Interest▲ 5.6% short float

Options Flow▼ 1.13 P/C ratio

Insider Activity— N/A

Analyst Consensus

Buy

18 analysts

Options Flow (P/C)

1.13

More puts — Bearish

740 calls · 833 puts

Avg Consensus PT

$22

+8.1%

Highest Price Target

$24

+19.7%

Wells Fargo

Lowest Price Target

$19

-7.7%

JP Morgan

Short Interest

5.6%

Declining — Bullish

Insider Activity (30d)

—

Short Interest — % of Float

Recent Analyst Actions

Date	Firm	Analyst & Accuracy	Upside / Downside	PT Change	Action	Rating
Sep 1, 2026	UBS	Doug Harter—	+4.7%	$19 → $21	Maintained	Neutral
Jul 30, 2026	Truist Securities	Arren Cyganovich—	+4.7%	$22 → $21	Maintained	Buy
Jul 30, 2026	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	-0.2%	$21 → $20	Maintained	Outperform
Jul 2, 2026	JP Morgan	Richard Shane—	-7.7%	$19 → $19	Maintained	Overweight
Jun 12, 2026	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	-5.2%	$20 → $19	Downgrade	Overweight→Equal-Weight
Apr 29, 2026	RBC Capital	Kenneth S. Lee—	+4.7%	$22 → $21	Maintained	Outperform
Apr 29, 2026	Truist Securities	Arren Cyganovich—	+9.7%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Buy
Apr 22, 2026	Citizens	Brian McKenna—	+9.7%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Market Outperform
Apr 16, 2026	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	+4.7%	$22 → $21	Maintained	Outperform
Mar 13, 2026	UBS	Doug Harter—	-5.2%	$21 → $19	Maintained	Neutral
Mar 13, 2026	JP Morgan	Richard Shane—	-5.2%	$22 → $19	Maintained	Overweight
Feb 9, 2026	RBC Capital	Kenneth S. Lee—	+9.7%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Outperform
Feb 5, 2026	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	-0.2%	$21 → $20	Maintained	Overweight
Oct 29, 2025	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	+9.7%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Outperform
Oct 29, 2025	RBC Capital	Kenneth S. Lee—	+14.7%	$24 → $23	Maintained	Outperform
Oct 29, 2025	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+4.7%	$23 → $21	Maintained	Overweight
Oct 14, 2025	UBS	Doug Harter—	+4.7%	$23 → $21	Maintained	Neutral
Oct 10, 2025	LUCID CAPITAL MARKETS	Ethan Kaye—	+12.2%	$23	Initiate	Buy
Oct 1, 2025	JP Morgan	Melissa Wedel—	+9.7%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Overweight
Jul 31, 2025	JMP Securities	Brian McKenna—	+14.7%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Market Outperform
Jul 30, 2025	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+14.7%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Overweight
Jul 30, 2025	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	+14.7%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Outperform
Jul 30, 2025	B. Riley Securities	Bryce Rowe—	+17.2%	$23 → $24	Upgrade	Neutral→Buy
Jul 16, 2025	UBS	Doug Harter—	+12.2%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Neutral
Jun 27, 2025	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+9.7%	$21 → $22	Maintained	Overweight